Grand River Transit (GRT) and City Public Works
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On January 1, 2000, the Region of Waterloo created GRT by assuming the
operations of the former Kitchener Transit and
Cambridge Transit. By the end of that year, operations had
been fully synchronized, and buses began running between Cambridge and
Kitchener. As a result, ridership in Cambridge improved dramatically.

In recent years, many new
low-floorwheelchair-accessible
buses
have been purchased, and now constitute the majority of the fleet. Most
operating buses are less than twenty years old, though a few older buses are
used primarily for high-school special runs. GRT also installed
bicycle racks
on the front of its buses in order to encourage the use of sustainable
transport; all standard and express buses now have these racks.

Service to less dense areas is
provided by the busPLUS system, large
vans
which take regular fares on scheduled routes to new neighborhoods and more
remote facilities. GRT also operates MobilityPLUS, which provides specialized
transit for disabled patrons using minibuses equipped with
wheelchair
lifts.

The
following information was taken from GRT website, and is valid
as of March 2013.

The GRT have roughly 66 regular routes that service the Waterloo
region. All routes in Cambridge are 'accessible'. Over 85% of
buses that service The Region are 'accessible'. Some of
the busiest routes are route 7, iXpress, route 8 and route 12.
These routes connect the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and
Cambridge making it easy for intercity travelers.

The GRT has 238
'low floor' diesel buses. All 'high floor' buses have been
retired. Of the 238
buses in the fleet, 16 buses are Hybrid Electric buses and 196
are equipped with accessibility features. GRT operates 29
MobilityPLUS vehicles for disabled patrons.
Grand River transit has over 500 employees and services 2791 bus
stops.

In
addition to the GRT, the scanner is also set to receive audio
generate by the Waterloo region city public works departments and
municipal services.

The Region of Waterloo employs an EDACS trunked
radio system for their Police, Fire, Transportation and other city
services. What is EDACS? EDACS is a radio communications
system that provides high-speed wireless analog voice, digital
voice, and data communications.

The system is comprised of primary control channels
and alternate control channels. At any given time, each site
(Police, Fire, City Services etc.) has one control channel. The remaining channels are used as working
channels, and
functions such as call queuing, emergency calls, and call
prioritization are always available.

The
Transit and Public Works scanner is programmed to receive certain
talkgroups from within the
Waterloo
Region EDACS system, and are listed below. Primary control
frequencies ( also listed below) are in red.

01868.32500c

02868.52500c

03868.73750c

04868.93750c

05868.22500c

06868.42500

07868.62500

08 868.83750

09 866.47500

10 868.57500

11 868.78750

12 868.98750

13 868.27500

14 868.47500

Grand River Transit scanned frequencies

Waterloo Region Public Works and Municipal Services

Talkgroup

Talkgroup Description

01-105

Dispatch

01-103

Cambridge
Supervisor

01-104

Kitchener
Supervisor

01-106

Security
Services

01-102

Bus to Bus
Calls

01-000

Agency
Call

01-100

Mobility

01-112

Mobility

07-142

Kiwanis
Transit -Specialized Service

01-107

Maintenance

01-101

GRT

01-111

GRT

10-110

GRT

Talkgroup

Talkgroup Description

Talkgroup

Talkgroup Description

04-023

City of
Cambridge - Bylaw

00-103

Region -
Landfill Operations

04-032

City of
Cambridge - Engineering 1

00-110

Region -
Licensing

04-033

City of
Cambridge - Engineering 2

00-114

Region -
Public Works

04-024

City of
Cambridge - Parks 1

00-121

Region -
Roads1

04-027

City of
Cambridge - Parks 2

00-115

Social
Services (Sunnyside Home)

04-021

City of
Cambridge - Works 1

00-106

Region -
Supervisors

04-034

City of
Cambridge - Works 2

00-101

Region -
Transportation Operations

04-022

City of
Cambridge - Works 3

00-102

Region -
Unidentified Use

00-112

Region -
Airport Operations

00-104

Region -
Water

00-107

Region -
Engineering

12-023

Wellesley
Township - Roads

00-113

Region -
Engineering

08-021

Woolwich
Township - Public Works

00-105

Region -
Fleet Operations

08-022

Woolwich
Township - Recreation

00-124

Region -
Kitchener Agency Call

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